When sheriff's deputies tried to evict Addie Polk from her Akron, Ohio home Wednesday she shot herself twice in the upper body. The 90-year-old woman's reaction tells more of the financial crisis in the United States than charts and graphs.
Ms. Polk is now at Akron General Medical Center. When she leaves will she have a home?
The news is full of talks about how Wall Street needs a bail out. What about the millions of Addie Polks living the lean times, do they get a $700 billion bailout also?
The simple harsh answer is no. The bailout is for big business being funded by the very ones in the worst shape, the American taxpayer. While banks will argue they are the ones that need this handout, what about the families caught in the crossfire of corruption and mismanagement?
This week a home sold on eBay for $1.75. People are having to abandon their roofs because they can't pay the banks. when the banks are in trouble then the country starts to get worried though, not when Joe Blow and his family are living in their SUV.
Polk's story made it to the floor of House today though with
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio telling her tale. A face for lawmakers to focus on while they mulled the bailout.
Polk is just one though. There are thousands more Polks praying that they can survive just one more week with a roof.
Who will bail them out? Can they walk over to their local state representative with their hand out and ask for a couple of thousand to tide them over? Will the government put a nice little care package on their front stoop to help them have food for their children? Of course not.
If Mr. Blow screws up he'll get a lecture on how he should have handled his money better while the bank grabs the house keys out of his hands.
Somehow it just doesn't seem quite fair does it?
Opinion: 90 Year-Old Addie Polk Shot Herself On Wednesday Instead Of Touching Eviction Orders
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